She barely touched LA as a cat 4. You can see the map here: http://www.tropicalatlantic.com/models/data.cgi?basin=al&year=2005&storm=12 And if you zoom in to between the cat 4 and 3 points, she crossed a few acres as a cat 4, but that is still nowhere near New Orleans. New Orleans did not experience anything close to that in terms of wind.